The Odd Couple II

The Odd Couple II (1998)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (27 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (7,456 ratings)

Howard Deutch directed this sequel to the The Odd Couple (1968), originally adapted from the 1965 Broadway comedy by Neil Simon. Thirty years later, Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) and retired sportswriter Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau) meet at LAX and drive a rental car across the desert to attend the… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
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Written By
Neil Simon
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 10, 1998 Wide
Paramount Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    An afterthought, but fun to see Lemmon and Matthau again.

  • Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

    A big letdown. They waited 30 years to follow-up a classic comedy with this? Sadly, the final film Lemmon and Matthau did together is also the pair's weakest.

  • Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat

    AKA Return of the Living Dead 4

  • David Bartholomew, Film Journal International

    Unfortunately--no offense, now--this is mainly a case of the Old Couple, given the mediocre direction of Howard Deutch and, mostly, the surprisingly bland script by Neil Simon.

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    One of Matthau and Lemmon's last films and still very funny

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